Tyler Orbison Archives - KCAW https://www.kcaw.org/tag/tyler-orbison/ Community broadcasting for Sitka and the surrounding area Sat, 20 Aug 2016 00:28:17 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Flotsam and Fliegenklatsche: Sitka a beachcomber’s paradise https://www.kcaw.org/2016/08/17/flotsam-and-fliegenklatsche-sitka-a-beachcombers-paradise/ https://www.kcaw.org/2016/08/17/flotsam-and-fliegenklatsche-sitka-a-beachcombers-paradise/#respond Thu, 18 Aug 2016 02:42:22 +0000 http://www.kcaw.org/?p=28083 Flotsametrics_IMG_1706Oceanographer Curtis Ebbesmeyer is the author of Flotsametrics and the Floating World, and the publisher of the “Beachcomber’s Alert.” During a 1-hour call-in show on KCAW on Tuesday, August 16, 2016, Ebbesmeyer explained the origins of floating ocean debris — everything from US Naval sonobuoys to dangerous Fliegenklatsche (aka fly swatters!). With Sitka ultra-combers Tyler and Dean Orbison. Hosted by KCAW’s Robert Woolsey.

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Find more information about the 2016 Paths Across the Pacific conference here.

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]]> https://www.kcaw.org/2016/08/17/flotsam-and-fliegenklatsche-sitka-a-beachcombers-paradise/feed/ 0 Teen safe after icy slide down Mt. Verstovia https://www.kcaw.org/2015/01/05/teen-safe-after-icy-slide-down-mt-verstovia/ https://www.kcaw.org/2015/01/05/teen-safe-after-icy-slide-down-mt-verstovia/#respond Tue, 06 Jan 2015 01:21:35 +0000 http://www.kcaw.org/?p=21489
In summertime, the Mt. Verstovia bowl is a popular hiking trail. (Flickr photo/German Parra)

In summertime, the Mt. Verstovia bowl is a popular hiking trail. (Flickr photo/German Parra)

A 16-year-old Sitka girl escaped with minor injuries after losing her footing on Mt. Verstovia Sunday afternoon (1-4-15), and sliding partway down a bowl.

The Sitka Fire Department received a call shortly after 4 PM from the girl’s 24-year-old brother. The pair had safely climbed to the summit of “Picnic Rock,” but discovered on the return trip that the route had turned into wind-scoured ice.

Trooper Lance Ewers is captain of Sitka’s Search and Rescue team.

“It’s just pure ice up there, and she slipped on the ice, fell down, and slid into that bowl.”

The route is a popular hiking trail most of the year, but Ewers said low snowfall plus high winds simply made it treacherous.

The girl’s brother remained on the trail, and kept in voice contact with her after summoning help. Ewers said both were long-time Sitkans, both experienced in the mountains and dressed appropriately for the conditions — with one exception.

“She had Xtratuf’s on, and plenty of people climb Verstovia in Xtratuf’s. But on that ice she wasn’t able to kick through and get a footing to get herself out of there.”

Ewers says a three-member “hasty team” from Sitka Mountain Rescue reached the girl in a little over an hour and supplied her with crampons and an ice axe, and she was able to get back to the trail on her own power. She was treated on scene for minor injuries to her hands.

The team members were Matt Hunter, Tyler Orbison, and Paul Norwood.

The entire mission took about 3 hours — all of it in darkness. A litter team was recalled to the Fire Hall when the girl’s injuries proved minor. Ewers says the Coast Guard was briefed and available to launch, if necessary.

“All in all,” Ewers says, “it was a good night mission.”

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